Games Inbox: Is Fortnite worth playing, Nintendo Switch 2 predictions, and Excite Truck love

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The Friday letters page hopes that NFTs are on their way out with all games companies, as a reader prefers Obi-Wan Kenobi to Fallen Order.

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Going back Since there’s so few new games out at the moment I did something I haven’t done for years now: I put on Fortnite. At first I just wanted to see how long it’d take to update, which I knew would be ridiculously long, but then I became curious as to how it played nowadays, especially as there’s now a no building mode.

I’d heard about that before and it almost made me dip back in when it happened, but I never quite got round to it. So I tried it yesterday and it was a lot better without everyone building walls and sheds and whatever. However, the thing that struck me most about going back was how… ordinary the action was. I wouldn’t classify it as bad, at least for a free game, but I wouldn’t say it was good either, it feels kind of spongy and weightless and not like you’re firing a gun at all.

The rest of the game… I was impressed by all the options and the stuff going on with the map that had nothing to do with the battle royale itself. They clearly put in a lot of effort with it all, to keep it constantly updated. For me though, it’s not worth playing anymore though, not as anything more than a curiosity. If the action in an action game isn’t top notch I don’t see the point, free or not.Milo

Just say no I can’t say that Minecraft is a game I’ve spared more than a second thinking about in the past but I suddenly have a great deal of respect for Microsoft saying no to NFTs. There was a moment there when it looked like this was going to be the new loot box, but even worse, especially when Ubisoft and EA started